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Private equity and management advisory

Our private equity (PE) team of lawyers has considerable experience in acting on PE transactions, for PE Houses and for management teams, in both the UK and international markets. Our lawyers have represented a wide range of top and mid-tier PE Houses and understand the key drivers from an investor's standpoint and how PE-led deals differ from conventional corporate sales and acquisitions.

Our PE team also regularly plays a key role in PricewaterhouseCoopers' cross-disciplinary teams which provide legal, tax and corporate finance advice to either PE Houses or to management teams in primary, secondary and tertiary buy-outs. We understand the technical and commercial issues faced by both PE Houses and management teams in buy-outs, and the key behaviors and pressures these types of transactions typically involve. Whether advising on completion accounts, earn-outs, restructure, covenants, vendor and/or manager warranties, shareholder debt, vesting and leaver provisions or ratchets, our PE team appreciates all the issues and the impact they have on the main players in a PE transaction.

Our Services

  • Take privates/MBO/MBI/secondary/tertiary buy-outs
  • Term sheets
  • Sale and purchase agreements
  • Investment and shareholder agreements
  • Managers' service contracts
  • Investor articles of association
  • Advising on debt/equity staples, PECs, preference shares, loan notes, ratchets, equity rollover
  • Vesting/leaver provisions
  • Management warranties

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Contact details
Email: Alistair Hogarth
Tel: +44 (0)20 7212 1921

Email: Leon Flavell
Tel: +44(0)20 7212 1945

Email: Craig Stevenson
Tel: +44 (0)20 7212 1612

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